Prinses Astrid (1930)

Later names:
HMS Prinses Astrid LSI(S)-4226 (1940-1946)

Builder:
Cockerill Yards
Hoboken, Belgium
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1930
Launched:
August 2, 1929
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
April 1930
Fate:
Sunk June 21, 1949 by left over WW2 mine.

Location: English Channel, 3 miles off Dunkerque, France.
(51.03N - 02.12E)

5 crewmen were killed, 218 passengers and 60 crew removed by SS Cap Hadid and landed
at Dunkerque, France.
(Roll of Honour)


Owner
Oostende-Dover Line
(Belgian Government)
Oostende, Belgium


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
359' 5"
Engines:
2 Werkspoor single reduction geared steam turbines
Beam:
47' 5"
Boilers:
6 water tube type 370 psi. (oil fired)
Draft:
10'
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
3,083
HP:
15,400
Displacement:
N/A
Speed:
24 knots
Crew:
65 (207 wartime)
Funnels:
2
Passengers:
1,400 (250 troops)
Masts:
2


History
May 1940:
From Ostend to Southampton with refugees.
Sept. 28, 1940:
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an LCI(S) at Silley Cox, Falmouth.
Pennant number LSI(S)-4226.

Oct. 20, 1941:
Collision with San Arcadio.
July 7, 1942:

Attacked in Solent by German Luftwaffe, damage limited to the afterdeck.

Aug. 19, 1942:
Raid on Dieppe.
Feb. 23, 1943:
To Invararay and Greenock.
July 1943:
Landings Sicily and Salerno.
1943:
North Africa.
June 6, 1944:
Landings at Normandy (Courseulles).
Jan 1, 1945:
Troop transport Tilbury-Ostend troop transport Tilbury-Ostend.
Jan 12, 1945:
Landing St. Helier, Channel Islands as troop transport.
July 1945:
Troop transport under English flag to February 1946.
Oct. 7, 1946:
Returned to civilian service.
July 22, 1949:
Sank after hitting a mine 3 NM off Dunkerque, France.
The information on this page was provided by Arne Pyson.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 10, 2008